I’m delighted to be one of today’s stops on the blog tour for ‘Charlotte’s Snowman.’
Children love building snowmen. When they add a nose, eyes, and mouth to their snowman, they get a magical feeling that their snowman has his own personality.
And… sometimes snowmen do come alive!
Charlotte wakes up and sees that it’s snowing… it’s snowing and it’s snowing. She runs outside to build a snowman. She fixes a carrot for the snowman’s nose, a stick for his mouth, and two stones for his eyes.
But the snowman has many demands, so Charlotte has to part with her gloves, scarf and hat; so her snowman wouldn’t feel cold. But the sun comes up all of a sudden, and Charlotte cannot find her snowman anymore. She is sad. Then, she learns that her snowman hasn’t disappeared completely, but is hiding in the ground, waiting to emerge next winter.
A great book for those children who miss their much loved snowman when winter is over.
Purchase Links
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charlottes-Snowman-Lainey-Dee-ebook/dp/B08P1P97F1
https://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Snowman-Lainey-Dee-ebook/dp/B08P1P97F1
Author Bio-
Lainey Dee was born in Birmingham and grew up in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
The author of Charlotte’s Snowman, Let’s Celebrate Being Different and Rodasauri the Dinosaur’s Trip to London.
Lainey was inspired to write for young people having worked with children for many years. Lainey currently looks after twins aged five years. A huge art deco fan, she lives in an art deco house which is decorated in that period style. In her free time, she enjoys baking and cooking for friends and visiting national trust properties.
Her favourite ice cream is strawberry and the strangest place she has slept in was a tepee in Texas. She enjoys using her imagination to invent new stories and characters. Lainey hopes her books will
help readers see themselves and the world differently and understand how special they are.
Social media links-
https://www.shieldcrest.co.uk/about/featured-authors/lainey-dee/
Review-
This is a wonderful children’s picture book perfect for capturing the imaginations of readers between 5 and 7 years old.
The joy gleaned from building a snowman as a child only to feel that sense of disappointment when it then melts away is an emotional rollercoaster most of us will recall from our childhood winters.
This book deals with this beautifully by adding a sprinkle of magic which gives Charlotte hope that she will meet her snowman friend again when the next snow comes and is lovely way for parents to explain this to children as they read together.
The text is simple enough for older readers to be able to read parts independently but I imagine this book is best shared cuddle up in the warm once winter arrives.
The illustrations are perfect for discussions with younger readers and complement the accompanying text.
A lovely winter read.
With thanks to the author and Rachel at Random Resources for the opportunity to participate in the tour.
Further stops can be found here:
Pickled Thoughts and Pinot 